Inafuturemedievalworld,afterthecollapseofourcivilization,manhasrepeatedallthesamemistakesagain,andinstalledanewsystemoflawbasedonfalsescienceandsuperstitiousbeliefs.Worstofalltheirdeviancesnow,isanyonewhodarestoconsumeoreventouchthesweet-tastingChisaflower.Oncecaught,theyarepermanentlybanishedfromthevillage,andmadetolivealifeofsolitudeandpoverty.Mostpronetothisdeviancearechildren-knownbyeldersasvesselsforevil-sincetheirnaturalcuriositymakesthempreytotemptation.Yettheserejectedchildren,lefttotheirowndevices,freeandaswildasthewind,arediscoveringthetruepowerofthisplantanditsteachings.Itssapcontainwhatmostadultfear:avisionofthetruth.Theyhavelearnedsomuchthatsomevillagersevenaccusethesechildrenofwitchcraft.